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Lincoln Highway/Jefferson Highway Colo Interchange

Story County, Iowa

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The west approach

This was arguably the most important intersection in the United State for many years. Known as "Reed-Niland Corner," it was the junction of The Lincoln Highway and the Jefferson Highway. The Lincoln Highway was America's first coast-to-coast highway and the Jefferson Highway traveled from Winnipeg to New Orleans. Charlie Reed's L&J Service operated here until 1966. The curved road behind the gas station is an entrance/exit ramp for this primitive highway interchange.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007

BH Photo #111475

Map 

Street Views 

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Over Us 65 on Co Rd E-41 (old Lincoln Highway)
Location
Colo, Story County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
http://www.iowadot.gov/PIM/documents/062316US65StoryPD.pdf
History
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1976
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 37.1 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02232, -93.30937   (decimal degrees)
42°01'20" N, 93°18'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/474387/4652300 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Colo
Inventory numbers
IA 49450 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 36216 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2015)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 67.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
480

Categories 

Beam (11,934)
Built 1938 (759)
Built during 1930s (10,557)
Colo, Iowa (3)
Doomed (1,028)
Have street view (22,066)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
ISHC Standard Series V (86)
Interchange/Cloverleaf (6)
Iowa (5,783)
Jefferson Highway (28)
 Lincoln Highway (137)
Open (36,537)
Owned by state (13,656)
Skewed (4,672)
Span length 25-50 feet (13,559)
Steel stringer (4,678)
Story County, Iowa (145)
Structurally deficient (18,415)
Total length 25-50 feet (9,841)
US 65 (51)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2016: New photos from Jason Smith
  • June 21, 2016: Updated by Luke: Bridge's future is at risk.
  • March 23, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Jefferson Highway"
  • August 6, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: corrected GPS
  • July 31, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • March 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Bridge to "Lincoln Highway" Category
  • March 1, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning
  • February 6, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Luke
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Lincoln Highway/Jefferson Highway Colo Interchange
Posted June 22, 2016, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

More on the two proposals here: http://thebridgehunter.areavoices.com/2016/06/22/nilands-cor... A meeting on the interchange's future is to take place tonight at Niland's Cafe.